Fairfax board calls for Tysons tunnel consideration

Crowds packed the stands of the Fairfax County government center Monday to witness the Board of Supervisors backing the resurrection of the proposed Tysons tunnel.

The board unanimously passed a resolution calling on the federal government to allow consideration of a plan to carry four miles of the metrorail extension underneath Tysons Corner. Current plans call for an elevated track over Tysons, part of the 23-mile project slated to split from past the East Falls Church station and run beyond Dulles Airport.